Quantifying benthic nitrogen fluxes in Puget Sound, Washington: a review of available data

Abstract

Top: Benthic chamber filled with water prior to deployment in Quartermaster Harbor, Washington. Bottom: Image of deployed benthic flux chamber from remotely operated camera, Quartermaster Harbor, Washington. Center: Simple benthic flux chambers used in South Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Study by the Washington State Department of Ecology. Cover background: Diagram showing spatial relation of processes in the sediment nitrogen cycle (see report figure 1).